Research Question: How effective is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in treating adolescents/young adults who engage in self-harm? (put in importance of evidence based practice) “Risk of suicide attempt, suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm is high among young people” (Robinson et al, 2011:3). Thus the objective of this assignment is to determine the validity of the chosen quantitative study that considers the effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (here in after referred to as CBT) in the treatment of self-harm among adolescents/young people. During my previous PLO I worked within mental health. Numerous professionals within the team are trained in CBT, and use CBT to treat a wide range of issues including self-harm; this is where my interest derives.
Psychological Tests Children’s Depression Inventory PSY/475 March 9, 2012 Children’s Depression Inventory Testing is an important part of psychological evaluation and clinical treatment. There are a growing number of tests designed to diagnose and direct treatment for depression in children. In this paper the examination will be of the Children’s Depression Inventory. The Children’s Depression Inventory or CDI was created by Maria Kovacs (Benet, 2005). The CDI is a self- rated response assessment designed to identify depressive markers in children ages 7-17.
Depressive disorders, which include major depressive disorder (unipolar depression), dysthymic disorder (chronic, mild depression), and bipolar disorder (manic-depression), can have far reaching effects on the functioning and adjustment of young people. Among both children and adolescents, depressive disorders confer an increased risk for illness and interpersonal and psychosocial difficulties that persist long after the depressive episode is resolved; in adolescents there is also an increased risk for substance abuse and suicidal behavior 1,2,3. Unfortunately, these disorders often go unrecognized by families and physicians alike. Signs of depressive disorders in young people often are viewed as normal mood swings typical of a particular developmental
Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy i Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Your Name Course Information Professor May 2013 Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy i Abstract Depression is a common psychological problem that has both physical and mental symptoms. “Some authorities have estimated that at least 12% of the population have had or will have an episode of depression of sufficient clinical severity to warrant treatment” (Beck, 1979). Some of the features of depression include negative thought processes and loss of concentration or memory. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) has emerged as one of the most promising treatments for the problem of depression. CBT has many advantages in treating depression, such as helping patients recognize and address negative thoughts.
12/19/2011 Journal Article Review Family Functioning in Bipolar I Disorder Introduction: The topic of this article is whether or not global family functioning was associated with the presence of a corresponding bipolar episode as well as whether global family functioning was associated with the presence of manic and depressive episodes in the 3 months of the study. I chose this article out of curiosity. I suffer from bipolar II so this has given the chance to really research the disorder and to understand the different parts of it. Summary: Research has shown that aspects of family functioning, particularly expressed emotion and negative family affective style, can predict a poorer course of illness and an increased risk of relapse
Nick Almeida Stephanie Branch Rachel Johnson Intro. Abnormal Psychology Adolescent Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects about 1% of the total population. It is characterized by sets of positive and negative symptoms which vary from patient to patient, but in general affects the normal functioning in social and occupational settings. The focus of this paper will be on the causes, diagnoses, and treatments associated with adolescent schizophrenia. It is important to effectively understand adolescent schizophrenia because the disorder can last a lifetime; learning the base causes, the dynamics of a strong diagnosis, and the most effective treatments can greatly improve a patient’s probability
MENTAL HEALTH AND SCHIZOPHRENIA Joanne Rouse PSY 326 Instructor: Tara Lally 9/27/2015 One of the main reasons for my research and studying those who may have serious mental health disorders, mainly schizophrenia, is that when children have behavior problems it just gets pushed aside and excuses made, instead of being looked into further for any kinds of mental problems. Nothing seems to be done until someone whether child or adult ends up hurting someone or like we have seen many times, bringing guns to school and going on a rampage. Some of the main questions to be asked would pertain to childhood and things which may have happened to cause an individual to have these disorders. The hypothesis would be; Most of our serial killers and violent or sexual offenders have some kind of psychotic mental disorder, mainly schizophrenia, having voices that control many things they do. The research could be both qualitative and quantitative because data is collected and measured by percentages of participants and their behaviors and responses to each different study, but it is mainly a qualitative research, because participants are being studied by their behaviors and passed behaviors and also they are questioned and their responses are counted and studied and compared to others.
Some children have to face difficulties as they grow like physical, emotional and behaviour. In this essay I am particularly going to discuss behavioural issues in children, what is behaviour difficulty, causes of bad behaviour how it effect on a child. Disturbing behaviour in children is being discussed as a very popular topic between psychologists and writers. There are quite a few causes of disturbed behaviour mainly parents marital relationship, parents negative behaviour, lack of attention and negligence from parents, social background, poverty, age, mental health issue and biological and genetics like ADHD. The two dominant perspectives which explain the disturbed and disturbing behaviour are, The Medical Model which sees disturbed behaviour lying within the child as a disorder with an organic cause.
Biological factors are the belief or theory that genetics play a part in the role of depression (Mineka, Watson, Clark, 1998). Psychological factors, where some number of factors was thought to play a role too in mood disorders, but in recent research showed that the contribution and the focus of maladaptive cognitive distortion (Aaron Beck, 2002). Aaron Beck research concluded that psychological factors where brought about during childhood and adolescence that occurred from dramatic and tragedic events that have happened during this period of time. This can cause a youth to react with a certain feel of voidness in order to deal with the event or situation. There has been a considerable amount of social factors that have been linked to mood disorders.
Traub (2009) discusses the reliability of Dissociative Identity Disorder identification and categorization. Many believe that the DID is a symptom after a traumatic event, he states that “… the disorder is a defensive response that results naturally from continuous and tremendous childhood trauma, particularly from physical and sexual abuse” (Traub, 2009, p. 348). He talks about different sections, addressing whether Dissociative Identity Disorders are reliable diagnosis.. In the category of childhood trauma, Traub (2009) talks about how many psychiatrists believe the cause of many of the DID cases are due to trauma when they were children, especially in those that deal with an accumulation of traumatic events. People that advocates for DID states that it is necessary for childhood trauma to be predecessor and cause of this particular disorder.